Aisling’s Back – And She’s Off To New York!
Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen have revealed that the fourth (and penultimate) book in the much-loved Aisling series, Aisling and the City:
If she can make it there, she’ll make it anywhere, will be published on 8 October this year.
After a year-long break, following the unprecedented success of the previous three bestselling books in the series – which have sold over 300,000 copies and won two Irish Book Awards – fans of Aisling are in for a treat as our eponymous heroine heads stateside to continue her adventures in adulthood.
As the authors announced the publication date and revealed the book’s cover they said:
‘After a year of spending so much time at home we were very excited to escape to New York with Aisling and lose ourselves in her world.
We hope Aisling fans everywhere will find comfort and joy in its pages when they read it too.’
Though the fictional story will be set in a Covid-free universe, the themes many of us have been grappling with this year are weaved into the storyline as Aisling faces the challenge of loneliness and is reminded of the importance of community in times of crisis, prompting her to reflect on what matters in life.
With her café BallyGoBrunch flying and the door firmly closed on her relationship with John, an unexpected job offer sees Aisling boarding a business-class flight to New York in her best wrap dress and heels.
As she finds her feet in the Big Apple, she throws herself into the dating game, grapples with ‘always-on’ work culture, forges and fights for new friendships, and brings her good wedges to a party in the Hamptons (much to Sadhbh’s dismay).
But catching up with family and friends on WhatsApp and email is not the same as sitting in Maguire’s putting the world to rights over mini bottles of Pinot Greej and a shared bag of Taytos.
And yet New York has so much to offer, not least in the ridey fireman department.
When a crisis in BGB makes her doubt her place in Manhattan, can Aisling retain her New York state of mind, or will the lure of home be too much to resist?
Aisling and the City will be published by Gill Books on Friday, 8 October 2021, priced at €14.99.
